diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Checkout/etc/adminhtml/system.xml b/app/code/Magento/Checkout/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
index 6947e1162600a..11e3ba5f3ed9a 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Checkout/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Checkout/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
                 <field id="number_items_to_display_pager" translate="label" type="text" sortOrder="2" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1" canRestore="1">
                     <label>Number of Items to Display Pager</label>
                 </field>
+                <field id="crosssell_enabled" translate="label" type="select" sortOrder="3" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1" canRestore="1">
+                    <label>Show Cross-sell Items in the Shopping Cart</label>
+                    <source_model>Magento\Config\Model\Config\Source\Yesno</source_model>
+                </field>
             </group>
             <group id="cart_link" translate="label" sortOrder="3" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="0">
                 <label>My Cart Link</label>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Checkout/etc/config.xml b/app/code/Magento/Checkout/etc/config.xml
index 3c24c38ecf85b..e1ba4381f2230 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Checkout/etc/config.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Checkout/etc/config.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
                 <delete_quote_after>30</delete_quote_after>
                 <redirect_to_cart>0</redirect_to_cart>
                 <number_items_to_display_pager>20</number_items_to_display_pager>
+                <crosssell_enabled>1</crosssell_enabled>
             </cart>
             <cart_link>
                 <use_qty>1</use_qty>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Checkout/i18n/en_US.csv b/app/code/Magento/Checkout/i18n/en_US.csv
index 2dcb611c1fe60..a6ea2c13579a7 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Checkout/i18n/en_US.csv
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Checkout/i18n/en_US.csv
@@ -181,3 +181,4 @@ Payment,Payment
 "Item in Cart","Item in Cart"
 "Items in Cart","Items in Cart"
 "Close","Close"
+"Show Cross-sell Items in the Shopping Cart","Show Cross-sell Items in the Shopping Cart"
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Checkout/view/frontend/layout/checkout_cart_index.xml b/app/code/Magento/Checkout/view/frontend/layout/checkout_cart_index.xml
index ff4c6dbd35ff2..69d2523d88dfb 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Checkout/view/frontend/layout/checkout_cart_index.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Checkout/view/frontend/layout/checkout_cart_index.xml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
                         </block>
                         <container name="checkout.cart.widget" as="checkout_cart_widget" label="Shopping Cart Items After"/>
                     </container>
-                    <block class="Magento\Checkout\Block\Cart\Crosssell" name="checkout.cart.crosssell" template="Magento_Catalog::product/list/items.phtml" after="-">
+                    <block class="Magento\Checkout\Block\Cart\Crosssell" name="checkout.cart.crosssell" template="Magento_Catalog::product/list/items.phtml" after="-" ifconfig="checkout/cart/crosssell_enabled">
                         <arguments>
                             <argument name="type" xsi:type="string">crosssell</argument>
                         </arguments>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProduct/etc/adminhtml/system.xml b/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProduct/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
index ba52b51d6b077..86baea3c0d296 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProduct/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProduct/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <system>
         <section id="checkout">
             <group id="cart">
-                <field id="configurable_product_image" translate="label" type="select" sortOrder="4" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1" canRestore="1">
+                <field id="configurable_product_image" translate="label" type="select" sortOrder="5" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1" canRestore="1">
                     <label>Configurable Product Image</label>
                     <source_model>Magento\Catalog\Model\Config\Source\Product\Thumbnail</source_model>
                 </field>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/GroupedProduct/etc/adminhtml/system.xml b/app/code/Magento/GroupedProduct/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
index bbb2054abb14f..5854928afc2fd 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/GroupedProduct/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/GroupedProduct/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <system>
         <section id="checkout" translate="label" type="text" sortOrder="305" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">
             <group id="cart" translate="label" sortOrder="2" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">
-                <field id="grouped_product_image" translate="label" type="select" sortOrder="3" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1" canRestore="1">
+                <field id="grouped_product_image" translate="label" type="select" sortOrder="4" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1" canRestore="1">
                     <label>Grouped Product Image</label>
                     <source_model>Magento\Catalog\Model\Config\Source\Product\Thumbnail</source_model>
                 </field>